The Barber's Cut
Two cut off but living heads wake up in a fridge and manage to escape while trying to avoid a psycho barber.
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Mark BrockingDirector
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Mark BrockingWriter
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Mark BrockingProducer
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Caitlin MooreProducer
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Lewis GeorgesonKey Cast
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Alisa ArnahKey Cast
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David WhitfordKey Cast
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Malcolm HadleyDirector of Photography
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Jesse LlandeDirector of Photography
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:11 minutes 40 seconds
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Completion Date:March 10, 2015
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Production Budget:7,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:35 mm
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Horror in the HillsTennesee, U.S.
October 17, 2015
WINNER Best Director and 3 nominations -
Horrible Imaginings Film FestivalSan Diego, CA, U.S.A
September 12, 2015
WINNER Funniest Horror Comedy -
Unreal Film FestivalMemphis, TM, U.S.A.
October 8, 2015
WINNER Best Screenplay -
Fright Night Film FestLouisville, KY, U.S.A.
October 13, 2015
WINNER Best Foreign Comedy Short, WINNER Best Actor, WINNER Best Actress, WINNER Best Director, WINNER Best Cinematography -
MAC FestivalManaus,Brazil
November 24, 2015
Brazilian Premiere
WINNER Best Original Concept, WINNER Best Actress -
Terror Film FestivalMalvern, PA, U.S.A.
October 30, 2015
WINNER Claw Award, Best Director Honorable Mention plus 8 nominations -
Henley Film FestivalHenley on Thames
United Kingdom
September 6, 2015
WINNER Best Short in the Festival Award -
Unreal Film FestivalMemphis, TN
United States
October 6, 2015
WINNER Best Screenplay -
Fright Night Film FestLouisville, KY
United States
October 16, 2015
WINNER Best Director, Best CGI, Best Foreign Comedy Short -
Directors Circle Festival of ShortsErie, PA
United States
November 19, 2015
WINNER Best Horror Short -
International Filmmaker Festival Of World Cinema LondonLondon, England
United Kingdom
February 22, 2016
WINNER Best Cinematography in a Short film, Nominated Best Comedy and Jury Award -
Big Easy International Film FestivalNew Orleans, Louisiana
United States
January 15, 2017
WINNER Best Horror/Thriller and WINNER Best Screenplay -
Toronto International Spring of Horror and Fantasy Film FestivalToronto, ON
Canada
April 8, 2016
WINNER Best Short film -
London Discover Film FestivalLondon, England
United Kingdom
April 9, 2016
WINNER Best Horror -
World Horror Con Film FestivalSalt Lake City, Utah
United States
April 28, 2016
WINNER Best Editing -
Portland Horror Film FestivalPortland, Oregon
United States
June 1, 2016
WINNER The Bloody Judge Award by Gregg Hale -
Shiver International Film FestivalOntario
Canada
October 1, 2016
WINNER Best CGI FX and nominated for Best Practical FX -
Dazed for Horror Film FestivalTexas
United States
October 28, 2016
WINNER Best Horror Musical Short -
HorrorHaus Film FestivalLos Angeles, CA
United States
November 5, 2016
WINNER Best Digital Effects -
The Taupo Halloween Film FestivalTaupo
New Zealand
October 28, 2016
WINNER Best International Horror Comedy -
Unrestricted View Horror Film FestivalLondon, England
United Kingdom
November 1, 2016
WINNER Best Director and WINNER Best Actor in a Short Film -
Bloody Horror International Film Festival
Canada
November 10, 2016
WINNER Best Short Film -
Feel The Reel International Film FestivalGlasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom
October 5, 2016
WINNER Best of Fest and Best Director, Nominated for Best Actor and Best Cinematography -
Twisted Horror Picture ShowOklahoma City, OK
United States
October 29, 2016
WINNER Best Foreign Scare -
British Horror Film FestivalLondon, England
United Kingdom
October 29, 2016
WINNER BRITISH HORROR AWARD 2016 -
WWA - Web Series & Short Film CompetitionOnline Festival / Awards Event
United States
March 1, 2017
WINNER BEST OF SHOW -
Horror Avenue Film FestivalMattoon, Illinois
United States
July 14, 2017
WINNER BEST FILM -
Okotoks Film FestivalAlberta
Canada
June 2, 2017
WINNER Best Editing -
Short Stop International Film FestivalIasi
Romania
May 12, 2017
WINNER Best Screenwriter & Best Editor plus 3 more Nominations -
Something Wicked Film FestivalForest Park, GA
United States
August 4, 2017
WINNER Best VFX in a Short or Feature Film -
American Filmatic Arts AwardsNew York, NY
United States
November 11, 2017
WINNER Best Short Horror Comedy and WINNER Best Art Direction -
Cambodia Horrific Film FestivalPhnom Penh, Kandal
Cambodia
October 19, 2017
WINNER Best VFX and WINNER Most Creative Awards -
Horror Hullabaloo Film FestGlasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom
October 28, 2017
WINNER Great Use of Practical FX -
Oregon Scream WeekWilsonville, OR
United States
February 16, 2018
WINNER Best VFX, Nominated for Best Director -
Anatomy: Crime - Horror International Film FestivalAgios Dimitrios, Athens
Greece
November 1, 2017
WINNER Best Horror Director and Best VFX, Nominated forBest short and Best Edit -
Rincon International Film FestivalRincon, PR
Puerto Rico
March 29, 2017
WINNER Best Fright/Horror WINNER Audience Choice Fright/Horror Overall -
StoneFair International Film FestivalPiatra-Neamt
Romania
December 19, 2016
WINNER 2nd Place Best Film -
Canadian & International Short Film Fest
Canada
December 10, 2016
WINNER Award of Excellence -
POP NINJA online Horror Short Film FestivalLake Charles, Louisiana
United States
October 31, 2016
WINNER Best Short Film -
Misty Moon International Film FestivalLondon, England
United Kingdom
October 29, 2016
Finalist for Grand screening at the prestigious Cinema Museum -
Crystal Palace International Film FestivalLondon, England
United Kingdom
October 29, 2016
WINNER Best Horror -
HorrorQuest Film FestivalAtlanta, Georgia
United States
October 14, 2016
WINNER BEST FX -
Mad Town HorrorMadison, MI
United States
October 22, 2016
WINNER Best Comedic Horror Film plus 5 more Nominations -
ACME COMEDY FILM NIGHTLos Angeles, CA
United States
July 21, 2016
WINNER Best Male Performance, Lewis Georgsson -
Vaughan Film FestivalVaughan, Ontario
Canada
May 17, 2016
Nominated for Best Director and Best Actress -
Busho Budapest Film FestivalBudapest
Hungary
September 2, 2015
Official selection -
Golden Door International FilmNew Jersey
United States
September 26, 2015
5 Nominations including Best Short Film -
Accolade Global Film Competition 2015
United States
April 1, 2015
WINNER of Merit Special Mention: Film Short -
Fright Night Theatre Film FestivalHamilton, ON
United States
September 5, 2015
Runner up in the Best Sc-Fi Short category -
Dark Matters Film FestivalAlbuquerque, NM
United States
September 11, 2015
Official selection -
InShort Film FestivalLondon, England
United Kingdom
September 5, 2015
Official selection -
Colorado Horror Con & Halloween Film FestivalHighlands Ranch, CO
United States
October 30, 2015
Official selection -
Mile High Horror Film FestivalLittleton, Colorado
United States
October 1, 2016
Official Selection -
The Hamilton Comedy Film FestivalHamilton, ON
Canada
October 2, 2015
Official Selection -
Sunrise Film FestivalRiver John, Nova Scotia
Canada
October 8, 2015
Official Selection -
Dark Frame Film FestivalAlbuquerque, NM
United States
October 23, 2015
Official Selection -
Terror Film festivalMalvern, PA
United States
October 29, 2015
WINNER Best Director Honorable Mention and 9 nominations -
Puerto Rico Horror Film FestSan Juan, PR
Puerto Rico
October 22, 2015
Official Selection -
Sacramento Horror Film FestivalSacramento, CA
United States
October 9, 2015
Official Selection -
Macabre Faire Film FestivalMastic Beach, NY
United States
January 16, 2016
Nomination for Best Comedy and Best SFX -
Martinsville HorrorfestMartinsville, VA
United States
November 13, 2015
Official Selection -
Midwest Horror Shorts Film FestivalOklahoma City
United States
October 30, 2015
Official Selection -
NY Comedy Shorts Film FestivalNEW YORK
United States
November 14, 2015
Official Selection -
Horrorvision Trash Film FestivalBarcelona
Spain
November 28, 2015
Official Selection -
Portland Underground Film FestPortland, Oregon
United States
December 4, 2015
Nominated for Best Comedic Short -
London Shows International Film festivalLondon, England
United Kingdom
January 15, 2016
Official Selection -
Erie International Film FestivalErie, Pennsylvania
United States
December 10, 2015
Nominated Best Horror Film -
Spotlight short film awards 2015Atlanta, Georgia
United States
WINNER Silver Award Spotlight Short Film, WINNER Silver Award Spotlight Horror Short Film -
Love your ShortsSanford, Florida
United States
February 11, 2016
Official Selection -
Meters Film FestivalNew York, NY
United States
March 25, 2016
Official Selection -
GSF AwardsNew York, NY
United States
February 13, 2016
WINNER Semi Final Selection -
International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema NiceNice, South of France
France
May 10, 2016
5 Nominations incl. Best Film -
BoneBat "Comedy of Horrors" Film FestRedmond, WA
United States
April 23, 2016
Official Selection -
Lucky Th1rt3en Horror Short Film CompetitionFlamingo Hotel, Las Vegas
United States
May 12, 2016
Nominated Best Film -
Reel Shorts Film FestivalGrande Prairie Live Theatre, Alberta
Canada
May 10, 2016
WINNER place 6 out of 82 films Audience Award -
The Northwest Horror showVancouver, BC
Canada
April 22, 2016
Official Selection -
Studio 35 Cinema Comedy Film FestivalColumbus, Ohio
United States
April 29, 2016
Official Selection -
FilmQuest 2016Provo, Utah
United States
June 17, 2016
Nominated Best Comedy Short -
Snake Alley Festival Of FilmBurlington, IA
United States
June 23, 2016
Nominated Best Comedy Short -
Idaho Horror Film FestivalBoise, ID
United States
October 13, 2016
Official Selection -
Atlanta ShortsfestAtlanta, Georgia
United States
July 15, 2016
Official Selection -
Die Laughing FestivalSoho House, London
United Kingdom
July 7, 2016
Charity Event -
Austin Revolution Film FestivalAustin, TX
United States
September 20, 2016
Nominated for Best Foreign Short, Best FX and Best Poster -
The Great Yorkshire FringeYork
United Kingdom
July 31, 2016
Official Selection -
Scream in the Dark Film Festival & Hall of FameOmaha, NE
United States
October 14, 2016
Official Selection -
Motor City Nightmares International Film FestivalMilford, MI
United States
September 16, 2016
Official Selection -
Berlin/Tenerife International Film FestivalBerlin, Brandenburg
Germany
October 22, 2016
Nominated for Best Short Comedy, Jury, Best Hair & Make up -
Scare-A-Con Film FestivalLiverpool, NY
United States
September 30, 2016
Official Selection -
Halloween Apalooza 2016Ottumwa, IA
United States
October 1, 2016
Official Selection -
Fargo Fantastic Film FestivalFargo, ND
United States
September 29, 2016
Official Selection -
Ottawa Spookshow Film FestivalOttawa, ON
Canada
September 24, 2016
Official Selection -
International Filmmaker Festival Of World Cinema MILANMilano
Italy
November 25, 2016
Nominated for Best Short, Best Short Director and Best Cinematography -
The Los Angeles Fear and Fantasy Film FestivalBurbank, CA
United States
October 29, 2016
Official Selection -
Upstate NY Horror Film FestivalRochester, NY
United States
October 14, 2016
WINNER Best Foreign Horror Comedy -
Nightmares Film FestivalColumbus, OH
United States
October 20, 2016
Official Selection -
Hellfire Film FestivalFolkestone, Kent
United Kingdom
September 28, 2016
Grand Final Selection -
Afterlife Paranormal Conference & Film FestivalGettysburg, Pennsylvania
United States
November 11, 2016
Official Selection -
Big Fandom Film FestivalGreenville, SC
United States
November 18, 2016
Official Selection -
Icelandic Horror Film Festival 2016
Iceland
November 24, 2016
Official Selection -
Southern GothiconEl Dorado, AR
United States
October 28, 2016
Official Selection -
SFindie's "Another Hole in the Head" Film FestivalSan Francisco, CA
United States
October 27, 2016
Official Selection -
Little Terrors Short Film FestivalToronto, Ontario
Canada
October 29, 2016
Official Selection -
Muscatine Independent Film FestivalMuscatine, IA
United States
November 3, 2016
Nominated Best of Show Short Films -
TMFF - The Monthly Film FestivalGlasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom
October 1, 2016
Nominated Best Screenwriter -
The Optical Theatre Horror Film FestivalRome
Italy
October 28, 2016
Finalist Selection -
DiabolicalHorrorFilmFestival
United States
October 28, 2016
Nominated for Best SFX -
POST MORTEM FFAguascalientes
Mexico
October 25, 2016
Official Selection -
Toronto Indie Horror FestivalToronto,ON
Canada
November 9, 2016
Official Selection -
PANAMA HORROR FILM FESTIVALBELLAVISTA, PANAMA
Mexico
December 1, 2016
Official Selection -
Big As Texas Short Film FestivalAustin, TX
United States
December 10, 2016
Nominated for Best Horror Film -
Bloodstained Indie Film Festival: Sci-Fi Horror ActionLong Beach, CA
United States
December 8, 2016
Nominated for Best Horror Short, -
Kyiv Film FestivalKiev
Ukraine
December 22, 2016
Official Selection -
Muybridge Short Film FestivalKingston Upon Thames, Surrey
United Kingdom
January 28, 2017
Finalist Selection -
Average Superstar FilmsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
January 27, 2017
Official Selection -
Sydney World Film FestivalSydney
Australia
December 22, 2016
Official Selection -
Transylvania Cinema AwardsTargu Mures, Mures
Romania
January 20, 2017
Official Selection -
Milwaukee Twisted Dreams Film FestivalOak Creek, WI
United States
March 31, 2017
Official Selection -
New Jersey Horror Con and Film FestivalEdison, New Jersey
United States
March 31, 2017
Official Selection -
Landshut International Short Film FestivalLandshut
Germany
April 25, 2017
Official Selection -
Fantastic Cinema Film FestivalLittle Rock, AR
United States
May 3, 2017
Official Selection -
Cinemafantastique 3Vancouver, BC
Canada
August 25, 2017
Nominated for Best Horror Comedy -
Horror Films in HotlantaMarietta, GA
United States
July 17, 2017
Nominated for Best International Horror, Best SFX and Best Ensemble Cast -
Midsummer Scream Halloween FestivalLos Angeles, CA
United States
July 29, 2017
Semi-Finalist Selection -
The Lost Sanity Horror & Sci-Fi Film FestivalHoboken, NJ
United States
November 28, 2017
Official Selection -
Hell's Half Mile Film & Music FestivalBay City, MI
United States
September 28, 2017
Official Selection -
Sin City Horror FestLas Vegas, Nevada
United States
October 27, 2017
Official Selection -
Desmond District Demons Film FestivalPort Huron, MI
United States
October 27, 2017
Official Selection -
Death By FestivalAustin, TX
United States
October 28, 2017
Official Selection -
TOHorror Film FestTorino
Italy
October 17, 2017
Official Selection -
Midwest Horror FestLogansport, IN
United States
October 21, 2017
Official Selection -
Dead in Decatur FFDecatur, Illinois
United States
October 13, 2017
Official Selection -
Terror In The Bay Film FestivalThunder Bay, Ontario
Canada
October 20, 2017
Nominated for Best Director and Original Screenplay -
DarkVeins Horror FestMaglie, Lecce
Italy
December 18, 2017
Finalist Selection -
Door County Short Film FestivalSister Bay, WI
United States
February 16, 2018
Official Selection -
Hellfire Film FestivalFolkestone
United Kingdom
May 23, 2018
WINNER Best Horror and Best Editing -
Spooky Empire's International Horror Film FestivalOrlando, FLORIDA, USA
United States
October 26, 2018
Official Selection -
Horror Film ThursdaysWilsonville, OREGON, USA
United States
October 25, 2018
Official Selection -
Horror of Damned FestivalMilan, Italy
Italy
October 28, 2018
Official Selection -
Things 2 Fear Film FestBunker Hill, WV, USA
United States
October 1, 2018
WINNER Best Special Effects -
Summer Scream FestMarietta, OH, USA
United States
September 1, 2018
Official Selection -
Spook Screen FFCork, Ireland
Ireland
September 6, 2018
Honourable Mention Best Make up / SFX -
World Film FairNew York, USA
United States
October 26, 2018
Official selection -
Sunrise 45 Film FestivalNova Scotia, Canada
Canada
August 17, 2018
Official Selection -
JellyFESTNorth Hollywood, CA, USA
United States
January 27, 2019
Semi-Finalist Selection -
Twin Tiers International Film FestivalNorwich, New York, USA
United States
September 20, 2019
WINNER Best Horror Short
Mark Brocking has been working in the film industry since around 1990.
He started his career in 2D animation working on features for Disney, Warner brothers and Spielberg among others.
Around 2003 he entered the field of CG animation at Framestore, London working his way up to supervising animator on films such as Narnia "The Dawn Treader" and "Where the Wild Things Are".
He was nominated for a Bafta for his work as animation director on tv series "Primeval 2" in 2003.
Mark started writing and directing his short films in 2010 which has so far resulted in three short films, "The Double Cross" , "The Barber's Cut" and the latest "Ascent".
He lives in London, UK with his wife and 2 children.
Film Synopsis:
The Barber's Cut centres around a man and woman who wake up next to each other inside a fridge with their heads cut off!
They gradually realize that they have been the victim of a psychotic killer barber that does gruesome experiments in his basement, keeping the severed body parts of his customers strangely alive. They finally manage to work out a way to escape, having to free their missing limbs from both wierd machinery and a hungry yorkshire terrier. Using masking tape, they reassemble their bodies and make a run for the door whilst being chased by the enraged barber with a razor blade.
Pre production for the short involved the building of many props , the main one being the "fake" fridge to film the actors in.
TBC was shot in London UK at 3 locations, the lab being my work place's basement, the corridor/living room my flat and the barber shop actually exists near Leicester Square in the middle of town. We shot over 4 weekends in total and the post production and VFX took many weeks longer. All in all a huge effort by a great number of people without whom the film would never have been made.